Defense of Ireland, State of Ireland Bibliographic information: A discouerie of the state of Ireland with the true causes why that kingdom was neuer entirely subdued, nor brought vnder obedience of the crowne of England, vntill the beginning of his Maiesties most happie raigne. John Davies, Sir 1612 London : Printed by William Jaggard for Iohn Iaggard, dwelling within Temple Bar, at the signe of the Hand and Star (ebook at Early English Books Online); also : London, printed forA. Millar, opposite Katharine Street in the Strand, MDCCXLVII. [1747] (searchable ebook at Eighteenth Century Collections Online) BKG note: The Dictionary quote from "Sir John Davies on Ireland" under "abate" is on p. 76 of the 1747 edition. SJ has modernized the spelling in the source.

​Nosce Tiepsum Bibliographic information:The original, nature, and immortality of the soul a poem : with an introduction concerning humane knowledge, John Davies, Sir, Nahum Tate, ed.1697, London : Printed for W. Rogers (first printed in 1599). (ebook on Eighteenth Century Collections On line) BKG Note: Watkins inJohnson and English Poetry before 1660 (p. 96) says: "Johnson quotes frequently from Davies, using Tate's edition, but whether the one of 1697, 1714, or 1715 is impossible to tell as the second two (at least the 1715) are close reprints of the first."